Fuse.



G. MOORE FUSE. APPLIOATIOVKZILED 001. 11,1913. 1,118,038. I Patented 0011.6,1914.

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FUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application fled October 11, 1818. Serial No. 794,845.

Patented Oct. 6,1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Guns Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Clinton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Fuse, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in fuses, one object of the invention, being the provision of a fuse, in WhICh thG fuse wire is normally held at the desired tautness regardless of the temperature to which it is exposed, and alsodlfi means of which the same may be rea y renewed when burned, thus permitting the employment of the holder and the tensioning device by the simple introduction of a new fuse wire.

' With the foregoing and other objects in view which will ap as the description roceeds, the invention resides in the comination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understotil that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventlon herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without de arting from the irit of the invention.

the drawings-- tion of the complete fuse. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional-view thereof. F 3

is a cross section taken through the tube from above the spring as'vie'wed 'in theodrawings, the numeral 1 designates the shell 'or cartridge, which is provided with the venting aperture 2, the ower cap 3 and the upper cap 4 being detachably connected by means of the respective bands 3 and 4' so that the parts within the shell or may be readily had access to for renew and repair. The caps 3 and 4 are provided with the alining and igure 1 is a side eleva-- holding lugs 5 and 6 respectively, of usual structure. Connected to the lower cap 3 centrally thereof is an apertured lug 7, which constitutes a supporting means for the splral spring 8, the u per terminal 9 of which is connected to t e lower end of the resistance or fuse wire 10, the upper end of said fuse wire being connected to the hooked terminal 11 of the plate 12, which is connected to anddepends from the under side of the cap 4. By this means, the spring 8 retains the desired tautness upon the fuse 11, regardless of the surrounding temperature. It is also apparent that when the fuse 10 burns, or is otherwise broken that the same may be readily renewed by properly looping and'connectinlg the respective en s of thereof to the termina the sp 8 and the hook 11. By this means, the she 1 and the remainin parts are not necessarily useless when the is burned out as is the I case with the fuses generally employed.

What is claimed is:

L fuse, comprisi a tubular case of insulation, two metal one sealing each end of the case, a fixed apertured'lug carried upon the inner side of one a fixed hooked lug carried upon the inner side of the other disk, a coiled spring having one terminal connected to the apertured lug, and

a fuse wire connected to the other terminal and having a loop fitting over of the the hox e d fiug, whereby the spring holds the wire taut. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixed my signature in the presence of two N GILES MOORE. I 

